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I don't know how widespread this is, but I just saw on the evening news that people are rigging gas pump handles in Miami and Orlando with HIV-infected needles, hoping someone will stick themselves as they go for the handle.
I'll bypass how badly disturbing this is and just say that I hope it's not widespread, but it might be worth a touch of caution next time you're pumping gas.
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"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
This is a pretty old hoax...
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp
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"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb." -- Batman
Really, they just reported it on the evening news here. Wonder if they were duped. It does sound like an urban myth, I just generally think that when a reputable news station reports something they've checked their sources.
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"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
In South Africa they do the same things in movie theaters.
Damn, now thats an embarrasing mistake. I really wish I could say that I have a hard time believing people fell for that one, but I simply don't.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
To be honest, I'm growing so jaded and unsuprised by things lately that it barely blipped on 'fake' radar to me. It's been a week of mass murder and horror in the crime beat, just seemed to go with the flow. I'm watching the ten o'clock news on the same channel to see if there' s a story, nothing yet.
Maybe it was an isolated incident that they blew out of proportion.
Damn, now thats an embarrasing mistake. I really wish I could say that I have a hard time believing people fell for that one, but I simply don't.
Something similar: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534017/
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"Io rido, e rider mio non passa dentro;
Io ardo, e l'arsion mia non par di fore."
-Machiavelli
HIV dies on contact with air, it needs a host in order for it to live. Doesnt it?
Well, it doesn't die on contact with air, but it doesn't take long for it to die outside of a human body.
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I see it reporting on our news about 2 years ago as there was a victim here in South Carolina. I don't know if it's a hoax or not, but rarely hear about anything like that.
-In memory of Laura "Taera" Genender. Passed away on Aug/13/08-
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Well it doesn't die immediately, but HIV isn't the most durable virus when it's exposed. Still, a contaminated needle can remain dangerous for a decent length of time. So the medical aspect is completely possible.
This reminds me of an old myth about crack addicts hiding under people's cars at night, and slashing their Achilles tendons when they got close to rob them. Then someone actually did it.
The version of that myth I heard was sex offenders breaking shins with tire irons. *shrug* Funny how those things go, what I've always found amusing is when people fail to realize that mentions of stuff like the car with the rocket booster, and the radio tower and the tools tale in Darwin Awards aren't actually real.
The problem is, even if it started as a myth, once it's broadcast on the news, the sickos of the world decide it's a bright thing to do. I'd advise some caution for awhile.
and thats no joke.
98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you''re one of the 2% who hasn''t, copy & paste this in your signature.
I agree. It's amazing what crazy ass ideas the media gives the crazy asses.
Putting your DNA on a lethal booby trap does not seem like a brigth idea, then again most weirdos aint brigth.
But seeing as if you know you have Aids you have been tested, and if you have been tested then I am fairly sure your DNA is on record somewere.
Clousseau could catch that person..
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Originally posted by Jerek_
I wonder if you honestly even believe what you type, or if you live in a made up world of facts.
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Something tells me you didn't mean hydroperoxyl radical by that, but instead water, in which case it would be dihydrogen monoxide, not hydrogen dioxide (HO2) Sorry about nit-picking, just saw that.
Cheers.
and thats no joke.
It happened in the Netherlands too, actually. It's amazing how disturbing people can be.
Also, you might want to think it's interesting to know that your signature is a myth too. False statistic created on the spot.